We’ve
all looked to celebrity style for fashion inspiration at some point in our
lives. But it’s one thing to say “I love her outfit,” and it’s another to
actually copy it in real life.

For this
series, I’m going the extra mile and making it happen. Each week, I’m getting
inspiration from a celebrity and copying five of her looks as closely as
possible. Then, I’m reporting back to you: Did the outfits work in real life?
Did I feel comfortable? Did people treat me differently? I’m sharing it all.

In past posts I’ve dressed like Zendaya, Gigi Hadid, Grace Kelly, Kendall Jenner, Vanessa Hudgens, Sophie Turner, Priyanka Chopra,  Millie Bobby Brown, Hilary Duff and Lily Collins.

This week, I’m switching things up a bit from the typical format and getting inspired by a celebrity’s style evolution over time. And I’m not talking about just any celebrity; this celeb has a big reputation to live up to.

That’s right, today I’m creating some Taylor Swift outfits inspired by her different style eras. Be prepared, this is a long post!

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UPDATE 2022: With the release of folklore and evermore, we have a new TS era to get inspired by — see my folklore fashion guide here, and my evermore fashion guide here. AND, here’s my updated 2022 version of this post, where I redid my own work to celebrate the release of Fearless (Taylor’s Version).

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1989 was the biggest genre shift for Taylor and also cemented her makeover from country sweetheart to pop superstar.

Incredibly form-fitting clothes, high-waisted shorts or skirts, and flowy, dramatic dresses were fashion staples in her videos. The blue dress she wore in “Out of The Woods” is one of the most iconic fashion moments in this era. She continued rocking her red lip and it even got a lyrical mention in “Style“. But we also got the first glimpse of Reputation-era Taylor with leather-clad moments in “Bad Blood” and lacy and sexy ensembles in “Blank Space“.